Biography:
Francis Tieng Yew Fu holds a degree in Biomedical Science and a Master’s degree in Medical Biotechnology from Universiti Putra Malaysia. He then joined the research group led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nurul Syakima Ab Mutalib at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). Francis made a significant breakthrough by successfully capturing single cancer cells from the bloodstream of late-stage colon cancer patients. He obtained his PhD in 2023. Francis published over 12 journal articles, multiple pending copyrights, was awarded the Young Researcher Award at the International Microbe and Diagnostic Forum 2022 and serves as the Vice President of the UMBI Postgraduate Club.
Title : Deciphering tumour heterogeneity and transcriptomic profiles of circulating tumor cells in archived metastatic colorectal cancer samples via single-cell mRNA sequencing